In this month's roundup episode, Iurgi, Tara and Gabby discuss some of the latest news including the Comic Arts Awards of Australia's recently announced short list, a really interesting webinar series all about Manga, the adaptation of Lady Killer, and a great list of graphic novels about climate change and environmentalism. 

Then they discuss their favourite picks out of this month's new releases including:

• Stone Fruit - Lee Lai (Fantagraphics)
• Gideon Falls Vol 6 - Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino (Image Comics)
• Invisible Kingdom Vol 3 - G. Willow Wilson, Christian Ward (Berger Books)
• Metropolis Grove - Drew Brockington (DC Comics)
• Wynd: Book 1 - James Tynion IV, Michael Dyalinas (Boom! Box)
• The Secret to Superhuman Strength - Alison Bechdel (Vintage)

To close the episode, Iurgi goes through some current Australian comics seeking funding on Kickstarter and they discuss the upcoming events in June: #AusLibChat all about comics Tuesday 1st June, Tara interviews Ashley Hawkins - the Manga Librarian, Creator Chat with Safdar Ahmed, and the upcoming ALIA Graphic Book Club. 

For a full list of the news discussed and all the new interesting graphic novels that have caught our attention please visit our blog: https://aliagraphic.blogspot.com 

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